I was looking for projects, as you always are, and I read this scene . . . and I'm in the Hollywood Hills. So I thought, 'This is interesting.' You have this setup that seems to be based in some reality and you can only wonder where Black's going to go with this.

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

I love acting, and doing it well matters to me.

I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can`t explain.

Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.

I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.